DE BETHUNE

DB25 Quet­zal­coatl De Bethune is one of our pre­ferred in­de­pen­dent houses. This watch pays trib­ute to one of the main deities of the Me­soamer­i­can civil­i­sa­tion fa­mous for its in­tri­cate cal­en­dars. The solid gold dial is en­graved by hand by artist Michèle Rothen, and the de­sign of the hour in­di­ca­tors is in­spired by the main tem­ple of the an­cient city of Tenochti­t­lan. The hands, also in solid gold, form the shape of the feath­ered ser­pent, whereby its head in­di­cates the hours and its tail, the min­utes. The white-gold case in 44mm con­tains a hand-wound me­chan­i­cal move­ment. Lim­ited edi­tion of 20 pieces.